As Weezer gear up for the release of their eighth studio album , it looks like the band has found a new home with Epitaph Records . Bad Religion guitarist/Epitaph head honcho Brett Gurewitz broke the news of the signing on his Twitter late Wednesday night, followed by a confirming tweet from the Weezer frontman himself. Yup, that means the band will be labelmates with punk giants such as Rancid and Social Distortion. As to why the band decided on Epitaph, Cuomo said that the punk label is "smaller and more appropriate operation for [...]
After we announced that Weezer would release a new album in September , we're sure many of you had flashbacks to flying dogs and made up words. Sure, Raditude was good and all, but there may have just been something missing, that certain Weezer X-factor. Thankfully, though, it seems like their next album may be a chance to regain the magic. Well, at least someone's magic. In an interview with Rolling Stone , frontman Rivers Cuomo said Hurley , the [...]
Today, one of country's best relationship-phobes turns 68. Ten songs to get hooked on... but not too hooked. I don't want no clingin' vine! You're smothering me!
Ya gotta be at least as old as homercat to remember Mac Davis. He was a great singer songwriter who started out as a songwriter, with several of his early songs being recorded by Elvis. For example he wrote A Little Less Conversation in 1968 and Elvis promptly recorded it for one of his movies. In 2002 Conversation was remixed by Junkie XL for the NIKE Football World Cup advertising campaign and it went on to become a Number 1 hit in over 20 countries. Davis soon signed to Columbia Records in 1970. His [...]
Eefing (sometimes spelled eeefin' or eephin', among other variations) is a jarringly weird hillbilly vocal tradition that traces its birth back to at least the 19th century. Sometimes described as sounding like a wheezily rhythmic asthma attack, eefin' afforded those without musical talent or instruments the opportunity to hop on stage and be part of the entertainment. It's pretty hard to convey the essence of eefin' with mere words, however, so by all means go ahead and watch the short video clip up above if you haven't already done so. Long ago, before I [...]
It is the 25th anniversary of the Summer of 1973. I was 10-years old during that particular summer. I have a 10-year old of my own today. He's sometimes sweet, often petulant, always inquisitive. In short, he's a lot like his father. I've been thinking a lot about that summer over the past several months, how much the music will always be a soundtrack to that time. I was going to write a week long series of posts about my summer as a 10-year old, riding our banana-seated bikes around the lake where we [...]
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